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PHILADELPHIA : 
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By M. F. MAUBY, 

DIRECTOR IN CHARGE. 




PHILADELPHIA : 
PRINTED FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA COMMISSION. 

1876. 



CAMPBELL PRESS PRINT. CENTENNIAL GKULWD;. 






CATALOGUE 

Of the Exhibit of the State of West Virginia at the Inter ^ 
national Exhibition, at (Philadelphia , in i8j6. 



N. B. — The name of the contributor or each article is in italics. 



BARBOUR COUNTY. 

No. 1. Carbonate of Iron. Seam 2 feet thick, from land of H. L. Stout, 2\ miles 
south of Phillipi. 

" 2. Carbonate of Iron. Seam 4 to 6 inches thick, on land of H. L. Stout, 
4J miles south of Phillipi. 

" 3. Carbonate of Iron. Seam 2 feet thick, on land of H. L. Stout, 1\ miles 
south of Phillipi. 

" 4. Carbonate of Iron. From lands of Lewis Wilson and others, on Valley 
River, near Phillipi. 

" 5. White Sand for Class. Deposit 3 to 5 feet thick, on land of J. B. William- 
son, 3 miles from Phillipi. 



BERKLEY COUNTY. 

No. 6. Yellow Corn. Grown on common gravelly loam, by Wm. Leigh, Falling 
Waters. Yield 82 bushels per acre. 

" 7. Barley. 



White Corn. Shelled 

9. White Corn. 

10. Yellow Corn. 

12. Yellow Corn. j 



J. Q. A. Nadenboush, Martinsburg. 



BOONE COUNTY. 

" 13. Cannel Coal. Section of the seam of the Peytona Cannel Coal Co. Maxi- 
mum yield of gas per 2,240 pounds is 13,200 cubic feet of 32.16 
candle power. At a yield of 10,000 cubic feet, the candle power is 
41.16. The coal analyses : 

Volatile matter 46 

Fixed carbon 41 

Ash 13 

100 

' 14. Smooth Cannel Coal, from the Peytona Mines, T. L. Broun. 
" 15. Curly Cannel Coal, from the Peytona Mines, T. L. Broun. 
" 16. Cannel Coal. Seam 5 feet thick, in land of A. Ball, at the Court House. 



Elk River Iron and Coal 
Company, Strange Ci*eek. 



BEAXTON COUNTY. 

No. 17. Pig Iron. No. 1, cold blast, charcoal. ] 

18. Pig Iron, " 2, 

19. Slag, from No. 2, pig. 

20. Slag, " 1, " 

21. Charcoal used by 

22. Limestone " 

23. Boasted ore, ready for use, 

24. Sandstone used for in- wall and hearth by 

25. Mulberry. 

26. Hickory. 

27. MM C%©m/. 

28. Dogwood, 

29. Sumac. 

30. FMe (M\ 
30J. Broughton Wheat. 

BEOOKE COUNTY. 
No. 31. Bituminous Coed. Seam 4 feet thick, from Stanton Bock Coal Works, 
opposite Steubenville. 
" 32. Potters^ Clay. Seam 3 feet thick, owned and worked by Nathaniel Wells, 

opposite Steubenville. 
" 33. Ornamental Bracket, made of seventy-six kinds of wood native to the 
country, by G. B. Crawford, Wellsburg. For sale. 

Map of Brooke County. Myers, Bethany College. 

Photographic Views, showing Bethany Free School Building, Bethany 
College, Beck's Free School Building, Wellsburg Free School Build- 
ing, and Wellsburg School House, 1835-45. 
Pupils' Work, Wellsburg Public School. 
Wool, 11 fleeces, grown by C H. Bead, 
" " Nathan Beall. 

CABELL COUNTY. 

Sandstone, from a ledge 20 feet thick on the C. & O. E. E., one mile 
below Barboursville and one hundred yards above the railroad. On 
the land of Albert La id ley. 

Brine. Well is 1,135 feet deep. On the Swann Farm, eight miles 
from Barboursville. Six pounds of brine produce one pound of salt. 
Besides salt the constituents of the brine are : a minute quantity of 
chloride of potassium, a pretty large amount of the chlorides of 
calcium and magnesium. It also contains bromides and iodides of 
the same bases, the former in insignificant quantity, and the latter 
scarcely detectable. From all sulphates it is entirely free, and it 
contains, at most, a mere trace of carbonates. John B. Laidley. 

38. Corn on Stalk. Jos. E. Downer. 

39. Poplar Boards, found in large quantities on the Guyandotte river. Un- 
like poplar generally, it does not shrink nor crack, and is capable of a 
high polish. W. L. Peters, Guyandotte. 

40. Mineral Paint. The light shade is the unburned mineral, while the 
dark is of the burnt. .Makes a very lasting and durable paint : ifi 
found in Large quantities. W. L. Peters, Guyandotte. 

41. Photograph of Marshall College, Huntington. 

DODDEIDGE COUNTY. 
Kiln dried, pear leaf, bright wrapper. 
Kiln dried, fair stem, bright wrapper. ™ ^ , 

Air dried, American dark leaf, dark filler. n , ' 

Kiln dried, pear leaf, dark Idler, ground Leaf. ^icwvront 

Air dried, Connecticut seed leaf, dark wrapper. 
Kiln dried, thick set filler. 



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FAYETTE COUNTY. 

No. 48. Coal. Section of seam 7 feet thick, worked by the Coal Valley Coal 

Company. The upper 16 inches is splint, and the rest is gas coal, 

which in practice yields 10,800 cubic feet of gas of 17 candle power 
per 2,240 pounds. 

Gas Coal. Splint. 

Water 1.322 0.177 

Volatile combustible matter 35.203 38.321 

Fixed carbon 61.602 57.202 

Ash 1.873 4.300 

100.000 100.000 

Sulphur in coal 0.658 1.213 

" coke 0.865 1.062 

" 49. Coal and Coke from Nuttallburg Mine. Seam is 2>h to 4 feet thick. Coke 
is most admirable for blast furnace use. 

ANALYSIS OF THE COAL: 

Water 0.343 

Volatile combustible matter 29.585 

Fixed Carbon 69.000 

Ash 1.072 

100.000 

ANALYSIS OF THE COKE: 

Water 0.321 

Carbon 91.224 

Sulphur 0.925 

Ash 7.530 



100,00 



" 50. Semi- Bituminous Coal and Coke from the Longdate Coal and Iron Company 
Seam is 3| to 4 feet thick. The coke is a most superior article for 
blast-furnace use. 

ANALYSIS OF THE COAL: 

Water 1.03 

Volatile matter 21.38 

Fixed Carbon 72.32 

Ash 5.27 

100.00 

ANALYSIS OF THE COKE: 

Carbon 93.00 

Ash 6.73 

Sulphur 0.27 

100.00 

" 51. Bituminous Coal from the Gauley Kanawha Coal Company. Seam is 11 
feet thick. 

Coke 65.99 

Volatile matter 32.61 

Water 1.40 

100.00 
Volatile gas per ton is 10,100 cubic feet of 17.9 candle power. 
No.J52. Bituminous Coal from the Cotton Hill seam 5 feet thick. Dr. W. .H 

Letterman. 



No. 53. Bituminous Coal from a 4 feet seam on the Loup Creek 30,000 acre 

survey. Beverly Cole, Cotton Hill. 
" 54. Black Band Iron Ore reported to be 30 inches thick. On Buckle Branch 

of Twenty Mile Creek. Wm. M. Hill, Gauley Bridge. 
" 55. Sandsttone from the mouth of Gauley river, where it can be quarried in 

pieces 6 to 8 feet long. /. H. Miller Jr., Gauley Bridge. 
" 56. White Flint Corn. Yield, 40 bushels per acre. Grown by J. G. Settle, 

Cotton Hill. 
" 57. White Flint Corn. Yield, 35bushels per acre. Grown on steep hillside, 

by J. E. Bempsey, Cotton Hill. 
" 58. White Mountain Corn. Yield, 35 bushels per acre. Grown on land that 

has been cultivated for 24 consecutive years and never been fertilized 

in any manner. Lewis Blake, Cotton Hill. 
" 59. White Flint Corn. Yield, 40 bushels per acre. Grown by H. A. Robson, 

Cotton Hill. 
" 60. Yellow Corn. Yield, 50 bushels per acre. Grown on a steep hillside by 

H. M. Dickinson, Fayetteville. 
" 61. Mountain Corn. Yield, 50 bushels per acre. Wm. Settle, Cotton Hill. 
" 62. White Flint Mountain Corn. Yield 60 bushels per acre from new 

ground that had never been plowed before. W. T. Harvey, Cotton Hill. 
" 63. Bed Lancaster Wheat. Yield, 30 bushels per acre. W. T. Harvey, 

Cotton Hill. 
" 64. Bowden Winter Wheat. Yield, 36 bushels per acre. W. T. Harvey, 

Cotton Hill. 
" 65. Bowden Winter Wheat. Yield, 18 bushels per acre. Grown on steep 

hillside by J. E. Bempsey, Cotton Hill. 
" 66. Bowden Winter Wheat. Yield, 20 bushels per acre. Grown on steep 

hillside by J. G. Settle, Cotton Hill. 
" 67. Bye. Yield, 30 bushels per acre. W. T. Harvey, Cotton Hill. 
" 68. Buckwheat. Yield, 50 bushels per acre. J. G. Settle, Cotton Hill. 
" 69. Spring Oats. Yield, 30 bushels per acre. A. F. Hashbarger, Cotton Hill. 
" 70. Spring Oats. Yield, 45 bushels per acre. Jno. Marrs, Cotton Hill. 
" 71. Winter Oats. Yield, 47 bushels per acre. Jno. Marrs, Cotton Hill. 
" 72. White Oats. Yield, 25 bushels per acre. Grown on a steep hillside by 

J. E. Bempsey, Cotton Hill. 
" 73. Timothy. Yield, 4 tons per acre. Grown on level land by J. E. 

Bempsey, Cotton Hill. 
" 74. Orinoco Tobacco. Yield, 500 pounds per acre. Grown on a south hill- 
side by Joe Crager, Fayetteville. 
" 75. Orinoco Tobacco, air cured. Yield, 825 pounds per acre. Grown by 

W. T. Hawey, Cotton Hill. 
" 76. Yellow Orinoco Tobacco. Yield, 825 pounds per acre. Grown by Jno. 

Nugen, Cotton Hill. 
" 77. Orinoco Tobacco, yellow lugs. Grown by Jno. Nugen, Cotton Hill. 
" 78. White Stem Tobacco. Yield, 800 pounds per acre. Grown on steep 

mountain side by William Carter, Cotton Hill. 
" 79. Orinoco Tobacco. Yield, 800 pounds per acre. Grown by John J. 

Braughan, Cotton Hill. 
" 80. Orinoco Tobacco. Yield, 800 pounds per acre. Grown on steep hillside 

by J. A. Bempsey, Cotton Hill. 
" 81. Orinoco Tobacco. Yield, 850 pounds per acre. Grown by Wm. Settle, 

Cotton Hill. 
" 82. Orinoco Tobacco. Yield, 1,000 pounds per acre. Grown on hillside by 

J. E. Bempsey, Cotton Hill. 
" 83. Orinoco Tobacco. Yield, 850 pounds per acre. Grown on steep hillside 

by J. G. Settle, Cotton Hill. 
" 84. Orinoco Tobacco, air cured. Yield, 925 pounds per acre. Grown by A. 

P. Hashbarger, Cotton Hill. 
" 85. "Prime" Orinoco Tobacco, \ Yield, 1,000 pounds per acre. Charcoal 
" 86. "Seconds" Orinoco Tobacco, / cured. Grown by R. B. Cassady, Cotton Hill. 



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87. White. Flax. Yield 2 tons per acre. Grown by J. G Settle, Cotton Hill. 

88. Veneers. 20 specimens. S. H Brown, Cotton Hill. 

Z. S^ (b " arf) } X 5. &H Cotton Hill. 



Common Name. 


Botanical Name. 


Contributor. 


No. 91. 


Dogwood, 


Cornus Florida, 




" 92. 


Chittum, 


Halesia Tetraptera, 


J. H Miller, Jr. 


" 93. 


Papaw, 


Asimina Triloba. 




" 94. 


Laurel, 


Rhododendron Maximum, 


Gauley Bridge. 


" 95. 


Ivy, 


Kalmia Latifolia. 




" 96. 


Grape Vine, 


Vitis Vulpina. 




" 97. 


Camphor, " 






" 98. 


Virginia Creeper. 






" 99. 


Sweet Gum, 


Liquidambar Styraciflua. 


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100. 
101. 
102. 
103. 
104. 
105. 
106. 
107. 
108. 
109. 
110. 



Dr. W. H. Letterman, Cotton Hill. 



Curled Walnut, 

Curled Maple, . 

Holly, J. M. Moot, Cotton Hill. 

Laurel Root, J. B. Keesey, Cotton Hill. 

Blackberry Stalk. Bush 18 feet high. James Norton, Cotton Hill. 

Osier Willows. Dr. W. H. Letterman. 

White Oak Stave. James Guard, Cotton Hill. 

Sample of Curled Maple. B. B. Cassady, Cotton Hill. 

Molasses Shook. Daniel Heald, Cotton Hill. 

Mary E. Bobson, manufacturer, Cotton Hill. 

A "home made" article, by Calvin Marrs, blacksmith, 



Willow Basket. 
Carving Knife. 
Cotton Hill. 



GILMER COUNTY. 



No. 111. White Corn. Yield 55 bushels per acre, growm by J. W. Fisher, Tanners. 
" 112. Pupils' Work. State Normal School, Glenville. 

GRANT COUNTY. 

No. 113. Brown Haematite. Vein 7 feet thick. F. Lewis & Co., Greenland Gap. 

Peroxide of Iron 75.033 

Binoxide of Manganese 0.025 

Silica 14.354 

Alumina 7.445 

Phosphoric Acid 2.020 

Sulphuric Acid 0.240 

Lime 0.521 

Magnesia 0.230 

Loss, &c 0.132 



100.000 

Iron 52.52 percent. 

Phosphorus 0.88 " 

Sulphur 0.096 > " 

114. Fossilliferous Iron Ore. Vein 13 feet thick. F. Lewis & Co., Greenland 
Gap. 

Peroxide of Iron 68.750 

Silica 15.555 

Phosphoric Acid 1.842 

Sulphuric Acid 0.120 

Alumina, Water and Loss 13.733 



100.000 



Iron 48.130 per cent, 

Phosphorus 0.803 " 

Sulphur 0.048 " 



No. 115. Bed Haematite, mixed with some red fossil ore. Vein 18 feet thick. F. 
Lewis & Co., Greenland Gap. 
" 116. Bed Hcematite. Vein 8 feet thick. F. Lewis & Co., Greenland Gap. 
" 117. Brown Hcematite. F. Lewis & Co., Greenland Gap. 
Note : The last five samples are from one mountain, and all different deposits. 

" 118. Cole Spar. F. Lewis & Co., Greenland Gap. 

" 119. Calcareous Marl from Patterson's Creek. Has a surface of 6 or 8 acres 

and a depth of 25 to 30 feet; used for manuring. J. V. Williams, 

Williamsport. 

GBEENBEIEB COUNTY. 

No. 120. Brown Hcematite. Seam is composed of 6 to 8 feet of clay and slate, col- 
ored with ferruginous matter, and filled with nodules of iron. Owing 
to the position of this ore on the hillside, it can easily be delivered in 
the cars by chutes, and no hauling will be necessary. On the land of 
Cecil Clay and B. L. Kestor, half a mile from Eonceverte Depot on the 
C. & O. E. E. 



From Howard's Creek, on the land of G. G. Peterkin. 



121. Brown Hcematite. 

122. 

123. 

124. 

125. 

126. Iron Ore from the land of G. W. Nickels, Big Clear Creek. 

127. Gray Sandstone for building. Heavy ledges of it on the land of Cecil 

Clay and B. L. Kestor, Eonceverte Depot, C. & O. E. E. On account 
of its admirable qualities, several thousand cubic yards were quarried 
and boated down the Greenbrier Eiver to build the piers, &c, of the 
railroad bridge over that stream, though there are quarries much 
nearer the bridge. Stones 10 feet long were taken out. 

128. Chocolate Sandstone, on the same land as the last. Has a local demand 

for building. 

129. Mill-stone Bock, from land of G. G. Peterkin, Howard's Creek. 

130. Spotted Marble, reported to be in an 18 inch bed, on the land of Jas. 

Wiihrow, Lewisburg. 

131. Black Marble, from the same locality as the last. This deposit has only 

lately been noticed and nothing is known of the size. 

132. Blua Limestone, from the line of the C. & O. E. E., B. K. Cantley, 

Lewisburg. 

Carbonate Lime 93.76 

Carbonate Magnesia 0.29 

Carbonate Iron 0.38 

Silica 3.92 

Alumina 0.74 

Water 0.76 

Loss, etc 0.15 



100.00 



Note : The next six specimens are from a quarry 50 feet deep, at Fort Spring on the C. & O. 
R. R., and the land of Mathew Mann. 

" 133. Limestone, a very superior article from 1 to 10 feet thick. It is a good 
building stone and is the flux used at the Quinnimont Furnace, 
Fayette County. 

< 'arbonate Lime 90.11 

( arbonate Magnesia 2.49 

Insoluble Silicious Matter 5.04 

Oxide of Iron and Alumina 2.02 

Water and Loss 0.34 



100.00 



No. 134. Limestone, suitable for making lime for finishing purposes, makes a 
plaster of very fine quality, is very plentiful, easily worked, polishes 
well to a gray face. 
" 135. Limestone, make a very superior lime. 

" 136. Limestone, very abundant and one grade finer than the last. 
" 137. Limestone, obtainable in any quantity, makes a fine quality of lime, is 

suitable for building purposes and is of very fine grain. 
" 138. Limestone, coarse grain, in enormous quantities, is easily worked and 

makes a superior lime. 
" 139. Calc Spar. W. A. Alexander. 

" 140. Bituminous Coal from the land of G. W. Nickell, Big Clear Creek. It is 
the most easterly coal of the conglomerate series. Reported to be 4J 
feet thick. 
" 141. Black Oxide of Manganese from the land of G. G. Peterkin, Anthony's 

Creek. 
" 142. White Flint, said to be useful in whitening white ware. Occurs along 
the ridge just east of Lewisburg in large quantities on the surface of 
the ground. R. K. Cautley, Lewisburg. 
" 143. Silicious Coral from same locality as the last. R. K. Cautley, Lewisburg. 
" 144. Mineral Water from Magnesia Spring, Colwell House, near White Sul- 
phur Springs depot, C. & O. R. R. Joel McPherson. Solid contents 
of one imperial gallon : 

Carbonate Lime 22.367 grains. 

Carbonate Magnesia 11.160 " 

Carbonate Iron 0.320 " 

Sulphate Lime 21.010 " 

Sulphate Magnesia 12.060 " 

Sulphate Potash 1.460 " 

Sulphate Soda 1.201 " 

Sulphate Ammonia 0.179 " 

Chloride Soda 1.260 " 

Chloride Potash 1.742 " 

Silica 0.860 " 

Lithium trace. 

Iodine " 

Bromine " 

Loss... 0.043 " 

Organic Matter trace. 

" 145. Mineral Water from the land of G. G. Peterkin, one and a half miles 
from the White Sulphur Springs. Temperature, winter and summer, 
59° F. No odor. Has been used for 10 years as a bath, and as such 
has an exceedingly tonic effect on the system and a very softening 
effect on the skin. Has been found particularly efficacious in rheuma- 
tism; generally after a few baths, the part affected appears covered 
with a rash, which gradually wears off and the rheumatism along with 
it. Some very bad cases have been completely cured. A qualitative 
analysis shows Aluminum, Magnesium, Calcium, Barium, Iron and 
Carbonate of Soda. 
" 146. Chalybeate Water from the same land as the last. Temperature about 
55° F. No odor. Has been used by many persons as a tonic with 
marked effects, and as such has been prescribed by the resident physi- 
cians. 
" 147. Chalybeate Water from an untested spring on the land of G. G. Peterkin, 

who thinks it has the same properties as No. 146. 
" 148. White Sulphur Water from the land of A. R. Humphreys, 1J miles from 

Ronceverte. Cecil Clay, Ronceverte. 
" 149. Sulpho- Chalybeate Water from the land of Cecil Clay and R. L. Kestor, a 
half a mile from Ronceverte Depot. It has been used by many people 
as a tonic, with marked effect. 
" 150. Chalybeate Water from the same land as No. 149. Used as a tonic. 



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No. 151. White Sulphur Water from the White Sulphur Springs. G. L. Peyton & 
Co. This is the most noted mineral water in the Southern States, and 
on account of its many excellent medicinal virtues the "White" has 
been a popular and fashionable resort from the time when gentlemen 
in the far South came all the way to it in their own carriages. Its 
medicinal properties are Cathartic, Diuretic, Sudorific and Alterative. 
The flow is 30 gallons per minute, with a temperature of 62° F., win- 
ter and summer. Solid matter procured from 100 cubic inches, dried 
at 212° F., consisting of 65.54 grains ; 

Sulphate of Lime 31.680 grains. 

Sulphate of Magnesia 8.241 " 

Sulphate of Soda 4.040 " 

Carbonate of Lime 1.530 " 

Carbonate of Magnesia 0.506 " 

Chloride of Magnesium 0.071 " 

Chloride of Calcium 0.010 " 

Chloride of Sodium 0.226 " 

Proto-Sulphate of Iron 0.069 " 

Sulphate of Alumina 0.012 " 

Earthy Phosphates trace. 

Azotized Organic Matter blended with 

a large proportion of sulphur, about.. 0.005 " 
Iodine, combined with sodium or magnesium. 
Volume of each of the gases in a free state, estimated in 100 cubic 
inches : 

Sulphuretted Hydrogen 0.66 

Nitrogen 1.88 

Oxygen v,. 1 9 

Carbonic Acid 3.67 

" 152. Corn on Stalk. Yield, 50 bushels per acre. liaised on flat upland by 
Harvey Handley. Manured with plaster, 100 pounds per acre drilled 
in with the seed. Plowed twice and hoed once. 
" 153. Wheat. Grown by W. A. Alexander. 

" 154. Oats raised by Harvey Handley on upland, black loam soil. 
" 155. Orchard G?-ass Seed. Yield 15 bushels per acre. From No. 156. 
" 156. Orchard Grass raised on hill land, which was sowed 6 or 7 years ago by 

Harvey Handley, Lewisburg. 
" 157. Timothy. Yield 1.} tons per acre. Soil, black loam; sub-soil, yellow 
clay. Raised on hill land by Harvey Handley. 



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No. 158 to 197. Collection of forty varieties of woods of the Greenbrier Valley, 
by Cecil Clay, Ronceverte. 



Common, or Local Name. 



No. 158. Beech 

" 159. Hornbeam, or Water Beech.. 

u 160. Hop Hornbeam, or Iron W ood 

" 161. Red, or Water Birch 

" 162. Shellbark, or Scaly Hickory... 

" 163. Bed, or Pignut Hickory 

" 164. Buckeye 

" 165. White Ash 

" 166. White Walnut 

" 167. Black Walnut 

" 168. White Oak 

" 169. Bock Chestnut Oak , 

" 170. Bed Oak 

" 171. Black Oak , 

" 172. Locust 

" 173. Hackberry, or Sugarberry 

" 174. Sour Gum 

" 175. Sycamore, or Buttonmood , 

" 176. Crab Apple 

" 177. Service, or Juneberry 

" 178. Sassafras 

" 179. Slippery Elm 

" 180. White Elm , 

" 181. Mulberry 

" 182. Sugar Maple 

" 183. White, or Silver Maple 

" 184. Persimmon , 

" 185. Bog Wood 

" 186. Fox Grape Vine 

" 187. Sumac 

" 188. Ivy....: 

" 189. Laurel 

" 190. Leather Wood 

" 191. Papaw 

" 192. Sour Wood 

" 193. White Thorn 

" 194. Bed Bud, or Judas Tree 

" 195. Indian Wood 

" 196. Chinquapin , 

" 197. Willow 



Botanical, Name. 



Fagus Ferruginea 

Carpinus Americanus 

Ostrya Virginica 

Betula Nigra 

Carya Alba 

" Porcina 

Aesculus Flava 

Fraxinus Americana 

Juglans Cinera 

" Nigra 

Quercus Alba 

" Monticola 

" Rubra 

" Tinctoria 

Robinia Pseudacacia 

Celtis Occidentalis 

Nyssa Multiflora 

Platanus Occidentalis 

Py rus Coronaria 

Amelanchier Canadensis., 

Sassafrass Oficinale 

Ulmus Fulva 

" Americana 

Moras Rubra 

Acer Saccharinum 

" Dasycarpum 

Diospyra Virginiana 

Cornus Florida 

Vitis Vulpina 

Rhus Typhina 

Kalmia Latifoli.a 

Rhododonron Maximum.. 

Dirca Palustris 

Asimina Triloba 

Oxydendrum Arboreum... 

Cretaegus Cordata 

Circis Canadensis 

Populus Balsamifera.(?)... 

Castanea Pumila 

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 

No. 198. Brown Haematite, used at ] 

" 199. Limestone, used at 

" 200. Pig Iron, charcoal, No. 1, cold blast 
" 201. " " " " 2, " " 

« 202 " " " " 3 " " 

" 203] Fire Clay, 



Bloomery Iron Works. 



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No. 2<»4. Brown HcematUe from a large deposit (size unknown) 15 miles from 
Romney, on the land of C. S. White. 

Peroxide of Iron 73.531 

Binoxide of Manganese 4.380 

Silica 13.329 

Alumina 3.025 

Magnesia 0.251 

Lime 0.024 

Phosphoric Acid 0.241 

Sulphuric Acid 1.204 

Hygroscopic Water 0.632 

Combined Water 3.082 

&c 0.301 



100.000 

Iron 51.471 percent. 

Phosphorus 0.105 " 

Sulphur 0.481 

•• 205. Brovm HcematUe. Vein 16 feet thick. On land of C. S. White. 15 miles 
from Romney. 

Peroxide of Iron 75.250 

Oxide of Manganese trace. 

Silica 12.035 

Alumina 2.199 

Phosphoric Acid 0.089 

Sulphuric Acid 2.058 

Lime 1.254 

Magnesia 0.631 

I [ygroscopic Water 0.750 

( oinbined Water 5.210 

Loss, &c 0.524 

100.000 

Iron 52.6*3 5 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.038 " 

Sulphur 0.823 " 

" 206. White Sand from Blue's Gap, in a cliff several hundred feet high. When 
in the mass it is hard, but on breaking and exposure to the atmos- 
phere, it weathers down to a very friable state. It is very pure and 
admirably suited to glass making. C. S. White. 
" 207. Embossed Maps of the United States and of West Virginia, for the use of 

I be blind. Made by II. II. Johnson. 

•• 208. Photograph. Institute lor the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, Romney. 

HANCOCK COUNTY. 

No. 20!). BUuminous Coal from the mine of J. & I). Hudson, on King's Creek, 3 

miles from the Ohio River. Seam is 3 to 6 feet thick. 
•• 210. Sandstone (building) from 12 feet stratum.) T P ^ TT , 
" 211. Sandstone " " " " ) J . & I) . Hudson. 

II A 111 >Y COUNTY. 
No. 212. Bed llnnntit, from 20-foot vein in Middle Mountain. S. A. McMechen, 
Moorefield. 

Peroxide of Iron 72.990 

[nsoluble Silicious Matter 23.500 

Phosphoric Acid 0.122 

Sulphuric Acid 0.870 

Alumina, Water and Lose 2.518 



100.000 



13 

Iron 51.09 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.053 

Sulphur 0.035 " 

No. 213. Red Hcematite from 6-foot vein in Middle Mountain. S. A. MeMechen, 
Moorefield. 

Peroxide of Iron 84.80 

Insoluble Matter 5.90 

Phosphoric Acid 1.60 

Sulphuric Acid 0.10 

Alumina, Water, trace of Lime and Loss 7.60 



100.00 

Iron 59.36 percent. 

Phosphorus 0.698 " 

Sulphur 0.040 " 

214. Brown Hcematite, from 14-foot vein in Middle Mountain. S. A. McMeclu 
Moorefield. 

Peroxide of Iron 83.47 

Protoxide of Iron 4.64 

Oxide of Manganese trace. 

Silica 9.40 

Alumina 1.81 

Phosphoric Acid 0.373 

Sulphuric Acid 0.120 

Water and loss 0.187 



100.000 

Iron 62.01 percent. 

Phosphorus.... 0.163 
Sulphur 0.048 

215. Fossil Ore. Vein 39 inches thick. Middle Mountain, near Moorefield. 

216. Red Hcematite, from the land of James Stump, on Middle Mountain, near 

the bend of the South Fork, or about eight miles south of Moorefield. 
The vein is reported 25 feet thick, with 15 feet of solid ore. This 
is doubtless from the same vein as No. 212 (which see for analysis.) 
At Elk Horn Knob, thirteen miles south of Moorefield, this deposit is 
26 feet thick, and has 16 feet of solid ore. 

217. Red Fossiliferous Iron Ore, from the same land as the last. Vein is re- 

ported as 6 feet thick. This is evidentlv the same variety of ore as 
No. 213. 

218. Brown Hcematite, from the same land as the last two. It is 2,200 feet 

east of No. 217, and 350 feet west of No. 216. 

219. Brown Hcematite. Makes a good car-wheel iron, and is ] 

No. 1 for boiler plate and bar iron. 

Peroxide of Iron 64.287 

Oxide of Manganese 7.680 

Silica 11.771 

Phosphoric Acid 1.110 

Sulphuric Acid 1.180 

Lime 2.657 

Magnesia 1.141 

Alumina 3.184 i Works. 

Water 6.695 

Loss 0.295 



Capon Iron 



100.000 



Iron 45.000 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.483 

Sulphur 0.472 



Capon Iron 
Works. 



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No. 221. Bloom, made by 

" 222. Pig Iron, " 

" 223. Wrought Iron, cut off from bloom, and bent hot and cold. 

" 224. Limestone, used by 

" 225. Slag, produced at 

" 226. Calcareous Marl, from Middle Mountain, 6 miles south of Moorefield. 

" 227. White Potters Clay, from ten miles south of Moorefield, on the land of 
J. P. Stump. 

" 228. Yellow Ochre, ] 

" 229. " " I From Lost Kiver, sixteen miles east of Moorefield. A. 

" 230. " " | 31. Wood. 

" 231. " " J 

" 232. Ochre, from the land of Harmon Scott, seven miles southwest of Moore- 
field. 

" 233. Yellow Ochre, found in large quantities on the land of Wm. Fisher, five 
miles southwest of Moorefield. 

" 234. Sulpho- Chalybeate Water, from a spring one mile east of Moorefield, on 
the land of John W. Duffy. Average temperature in summer 58° to 
60°. Probable flow 900 gallons per 24 hours. Has quite marked 
effects in diarrhoea and dysentery, and even in the case of chronic 
dysentery. In some persons slightly alterative. This spring has 
been frequented for over twenty years on account of its medicinal 
virtues. It has also been used to some extent in kidney diseases and 
general debility. Small quantities of gas are constantly emitted. 

" 235. White Sulphur Water from Howard's Lick or Hardy AVliite Sulphur 
Springs, 14 miles south of Moorefield. It is a sulphur water of the 
purest quality. Carbonic Acid escapes from it continually. Tem- 
perature in summer, 50° ; in winter, 48°. Flow, Go gallons per hour, 
and not affected by dry or wet weather. The spring has been a place 
of resort for 45 years, and its medicinal qualities are well established. 
It is anti-acid, diuretic and tonic, and in diseases arising from a dis- 
ordered liver, its curative effects are very marked, giving vigorous 
appetite and thoroughly digesting food. One gallon contains : 

Carbonate of Soda 5.332 grains. 

Chloride " " 0.460 " 

Sulphate " " 0.189 

Carbonate of Lime 0.441 " 

" Magnesia 0.200 

Peroxide " Iron 0.100 

Silica 0.370 

The principal gas is Sulphuretted Hydrogen. Contributed by E. S. 
& 31. S. Alexander, Moorefield. 

" 236. White Sulphur Water. 

" 237. Chalybeate Water. 

" 238. Warm Spring Water, said to have the same proper- 
ties as the famous Capon Springs in Hampshire 
County. 

" 239. Mineral Water from the mineral well of Dr. N. D. Parran, 4 miles south 
of Moorefield. 

" 240. Corn from the farm of Daniel It. 3IcNeal. Has 5 ears on a stalk. Yield 
of 140 acres was a fraction over 72 bushels per acre. This yield was 
obtained by always selecting the top ear for seed. When the experi- 
ment was begun, 10 years ago, the yield was not 45 bushels per acre. 
For the first 3 years there was no perceptible increase. The soil on 
which this grew is black loam. 

" 241. White Twin Uorn for bread. Grown on sandy loam without any manure. 
The ground was plowed in April, 1875, about 6 inches deep; planted 
aboul 25th April, in rows :>.', feel each way, with 3 stalks in a hill, and 
plowed •'! times with ordinary shovel plow. Yield, 70 bushels per 
acre on 8 a<res. Thomas Madin, Moorefield. 



Capon Iron Works. 



15 

No. 242. Yellow Cattle Corn. Grown on black alluvial land without artificial 
manure. Ground plowed 8 inches deep in March, 1875; planted 
about 1st of May, in rows 3 feet, 4 inches x 3 feet, 6 inches, with an 
average of 3 stalks in a hill. Cultivated by plowing 4 times with 
ordinary shovel plow, as deep as the ground was broken. Yield, 90 
bushels per acre on a field of 20 acres. Thomas Maslin, Moorefield. 

" 243. White Hominy Corn. Grown upon sandy loam which has been in corn 
for 10 consecutive years without fertilizer of any kind. The land was 
plowed 15th of April, 1875, and planted 25th of' April, in rows 3 feet, 
9 inches x 3 feet, 9 inches, with 3 stalks on a hill. Was plowed each 
way 4 times with single shovel plow. Yield, 46 bushels per acre. 
Thomas Maslin, Moorefield. 

" 244. Fox's Yellow Hog Corn. Grown on alluvial river-bottom land which has 
been cultivated in corn for consecutive years, since the advent of the 
first white settlers in the South Branch Valley, and no artificial ma- 
nures have ever been used upon it. The ground was broken 8 inches 
deep in March, 1875, and planted on 20th of April, in roAvs 3 feet, 6 
inches x 3 feet, 6 inches, with an average of 3 grains in a hill. Plowed 
4 times with one-horse shovel plow, as deep as the ground was broken. 
Yield, 91 bushels per acre on 25 acres. Thomas Maslin, Moorefield. 

" 245. Tappahannock Smooth Wheat. Grown in sandy loam which was in corn 
the preceding year. Yield, 32 bushels per acre. Weight, 62 pounds. 
G. T. Williams, Moorefield. 

" 246. Bed-Bearded Lancaster Wheat. Sown broadcast in October, 1874, on 
black alluvial bottom land, on prepared wheat stubble. Yield, 28 
bushels per acre. Weight, 62 pounds. James Bean, 4 miles south- 
west of Moorefield. 

" 247. Norway Black Oats from black alluvial land. Yield, 36 bushels per 
acre. Weight, 38 pounds. James Bean. 

" 248. White or Ohio Oats. Grown on a limestone mountain top. Yield, 48 
bushels per acre. Weight, 42 pounds. Contributed by Hoyden Wil- 
son, 15 miles from Moorefield. 

" 249. Common Buckwheat. Grown on slatey clay hill land. Yield, 22 bushels 
per acre. Contributed by Peter Bean, 12 miles from Moorefield. 

" 250. Silver Hull Buckwheat. Grown on slatey clay hill land. This matured 3 
or 4 weeks earlier than the common kinds. If it is sown on wheat 
stubble after harvest, it will mature before frost. Contributed by Peter 
Bean. 

HAKEISON COUNTY. 
No. 251. Bituminous Coal from the Pittsburgh seam, as worked by the Despard 
Gas Coal Co., near Clarksburg. Seam 9 feet thick. The coal is espe- 
cially suited to gas. 

Volatile Matter 40.00 

Fixed Carbon 53.30 

Ash 6.70 



100.00 
2,240 pounds yields 9,500 cubic feet of gas of 20.41 candle power, and 
36 bushels of good coke, weighing 1,541 pounds. Maximum yield of 
2,240 pounds is 10,767 cubic feet. 
252. Bituminous Coal from the Pittsburgh seam, as worked by the Murphy's 
Run Coal Mine, near Clarksburg. Seam is 9 feet thick. The coal is 
especially adapted to gas. 

Water." 1.575 

Volatile Matter 37.105 

Fixed Carbon 49.080 

Sulphur 2.840 

Ash 9.400 



100.000 



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Average yield of gas per 2,240 pounds is 11,401 cubic feet of 17.2 
candle power. 
No. 253. Bituminous Coal from the Pittsburgh seam, as worked by the Monongahela 
Gas Coal Co., Wilsonburg. Seam is 8 feet thick. Coal is especially 
adapted to gas. 

253^. Peacock Coal from the same place as the last. 

254. Red Hcematite plowed up in a field of Eli Bond, Lost Creek. Is evi- 
dently from the "Red Bands" of the Lower Barren Measures. 



'2ob. 
256. 
257. 
258. 
259. 
260. 
261. 
261. 
262. 
263. 
264. 
265. 
266. 
267. 
268. 
269. 
270. 



No. 271. 
" 272. 
" 273. 



No. 274. 
" 275. 



276. 

277. 
278. 
270. 
280. 
281. 



White Corn, 
Yellow Corn. 
White Corn 
White Corn 
Yellow Corn 
Yellow Corn. 
White Corn. 
Tappahannock Wheat 
Tappaha a nock 1 Vheat 



B. D. Rider, West Milford. 



;- George Waters, Coburn 



Creek. 



James Hickman, Elk Creek. 



White Wheat. 
White Wheat. 
White Wheat. 
White Wheat. 
Buckwheat. 
Oats. 

Timothy Hay. 
White Walnut. 



Yield, 200 bushels of ears. 
D. Morrison, West Milford 

P. W. Bartlett, West Fork. 

Bartlett & Riley, West Fork 



Daniel Bassel, Lost Creek. 



J. P. Rice, Ten Mile Creek. 

(2 samples.) D. Bassett, Lost Creek. 

R. H. Green, West Fork. 

B. D. Rider, West Milford. 

Robert Hamon, Clarksburg. 



JACKSON COUNTY. 

White Corn, yielding 60 bushels per acre on upland ; red clay. Grown 

by Josephus Say re. 
Red Wheat, yields 20 bushels per acre on upland red clay. Grown by 

A. D. Hopkins. 
White Wheat, vields 20 bushels per acre. From the same farm as 
No. 512. 

JEFFERSON COUNTY. 
Brown Hcematite. 

" from the depoist worked by the Antietam Iron Furnace, 

near Shepherdstown. A. R. Boteler, Shepherdstown. 
Black Marble, from the land of S. W. Strider, Halltown. 
White Marble, 1 From land of J". S. Strider, Halltown. 
Black Marble, j are near the Valley Railroad. 
Grey Marble, from Knott's Quarry, below Shepherdstown. 
White Marble, from farm of M. Rail. 
Hydraulic Limestone. The quarry is about 60 
miles from Washington, on the C. & O. Canal 
and the Potomac River. The deposit shows 
a frontage on the river of .] mile, has a per- 
pendicular depth of 30', and a horizontal 
depth of many hundred feet. 

Carbonate Lime 55.80 

Magnesia 39.20 

Alumina and Oxide of Iron 1.50 

Silica and Insoluble Matter 2.50 

Water and Loss 1.00 



The quarries 
A. R. Boteler. 



Potomac Mining and 
Manufacturing Co., 
near Shepherds- 
town. 



100.00 
" 282. Hydraulic ( '< m ni. 
" 283. " " after having been "set" under 

water. 
" 284. Yellow Ochre, in large quantities near Shepherdstown. A. R. Boteler. 



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No. 285. JBarytes, from a reported " large deposit," 8 miles from the B. & O. R. R., 

and 4 miles from the Winchester branch of the same. J. Hamilton, 

Kearneysville. 
" 286. Yellow Corn. Yield 60 to 70 bushels per acre. G. Koontz. 
" 287. Red Wheat. Yield 20 to 25 bushels per acre. Geo. H. Turner, Bloomery 

Mills. 
" 288. Photograph. Shepherd College, Shepherdstown. Oil Painting, "The 

Halt of the Stonewall Brigade." By D. E. Henderson, Leetown. 

KANAWHA COUNTY. 

No. 289. Cannel Coal, from the Mill Creek Cannel Coal Company, Wardingfield. 
Seam where the sample was taken was 5J feet thick. 
" 290. Cannel Coal, from the mine on Falling Rock Creek, Elk River. 

Volatile Matter 43.20 

Fixed Carbon 50.80 

Ash 6.00 



291. 

292. 

293. 
294. 
295. 

296. 

'297. 



J. D. Lewis, Maiden. 



100.00 
2,240 pounds of coal gives 13,400 cubic feet of gas of 25 candle power. 
Bituminous Coal, from the Lewiston Coal Company. Seam 4 to 6 feet thick. 
Splint Coal, from the top of the Campbell's " 

Creek, 6 feet seam. 
Splint Coal, from the bottom of the Campbell's 

Creek, 6 feet seam. J 

Splint Coal, from the Enterprise Coal Company. Height of seam whence 

the section was taken is 6 feet 3 inches. 
Splint Coal. Seam 7 feet thick. From the mine of the Kanawha Semi- 

Cannel Coal Company. 

splint" °°" 1 ' } From land of w - M - Hove y> Davis ' Creek - 

" 297 to 303. 

Note : The next six specimens are each from a different seam in one hill, and all above 
water level. The enumeration begins with the highest and runs down in stratagraphical order # 

" 297. Coal from the "Lewiston seam;" 4 feet of pure 

# splint. House and steam coal. 
" 298. Coal from the " Coalburg Seam ;" 7 feet thick, with 
a 10-inch slate parting. House and steam coal. 
" 299. Coal from "Cedar Grove Seam." Good for gas, 

engine, and blacksmithing. 
" 300. Cannel Coal from an outcrop 28 inches thick. 
" 301. Gas Coal from outcrop 3J feet thick, with 6 inches 
of slate 6 inches from the floor. Good for gas, 
steam and blacksmithing. 
" 302, Bituminous Coal from the "Blacksburg Seam," 3 J 
feet thick. A very rich gas coal, the yield per 
2,240 pounds being 10,640 cubic feet of 18 candle 
power. 
" 303. Black Band Iron Ore from the dividing ridge between 
Davis and Briar Creeks. 

Silica 4.64 

•Carbonate of Iron 68.35 

Phosphoric Acid 0.57 

Sulphur 0.42 

Carbonaceous Matter 26.02 



Kanawha Semi- 
Cannel Coal Co. 



304. 



100.00 

Iron 33.27 per cent. 

Also some lime and alumina. Thoroughly roasted, 
it contains 65 per cent, of iron, while there is more 
than enough carbonaceous matter to roast it. 
Roasted Black Band Iron Ore, from the above. 



T. L. Broun, 

Charleston. 



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No. 305, 
" 306. 
" 307. 
" 309. 
" 310. 



" 311. 

" 312. 

" 313. 

" 314. 

" 315, 

" 316. 

" 317. 

" 318. 

" 319 



of W. M. Ifovey, Davis' 



Black Band Iron Ore, raw. 

Black Band Iron Ore, roasted. I From land 

Nodular Brown Haematite. Creek. 

Carbonate of Iron. J 

Black Band Iron Ore from the outcrop, and representing 4j feet of the 

seam, measuring from the bottom. From land of Emmons & Hovey, 

Briar Creek. 
Sandstone (building,) from a 9J feet stratum. L. Buffner & John D. 

Lewis. 
Salt. 
Salt. 
Salt. 

Settled Brine, boiled to 22° B. \- Kanawha Salt Co. 

Brine as pumped from ground. Strength 11° B. 
Bittern, the refuse of salt manufacture, all salt 

having been extracted. 
Black Flint from a 6 foot stratum, a well-defined geological landmark of 

the country. Lewis & Buffner. 
to No. 338. Collection of 19 of the woods of the Kanawha Valley. By 
L. Buffner & J. D. Lewis. 




Liriodendron Tulipifera. 

Quercus Alba 

Castania Vesca.... 

Carya Porcina. 



w 

SV 
SV 

w 

3' 
2' 

2 / 
2' 
3' 
2' 
2 / 
V 
V 
V 
2' 



No. 319. Yellow Poplar 

320. White Oak 

321. Chestnut 

322. Bed Hickory 

323. Ash i Fraxinus Americana 

324. Chestnut Oak j Quercus Prinus 

325. Beech I Fagus Ferruginea 

326. White Hickory Carya Tomentosa 

327. Bed Oak Quercus Rubra 

328. Buckeye ' Aesculus Glabra 

329. Sugar | Acer Saccharinum 

330. Maple " Eubrum 

331. YellowPine Pinus Mitis 

332. Black Locust I Robinia Pseudacacia 

333. Birch | Betula 

334. Sassafras | Sassafras Oficinale •.. 

335. Yellow Gum Nyssa Multiflora 

336. Black Walnut, (curly,) Jnglans Nigra 

337. Hackberry Celtis Occidentals Crassifolia. 

338. Photograph, Union School, Charleston. 

339. Pupils' Work of Public Schools, " 

LEWIS COUNTY. 

No. 340. Sandstone, used in the construction of the Insane Asylum, at Weston. 
Dr. T. B. Camden. 
" 341. Yellow Ochre, from a deposit 2\ to 3 feet thick, on the land of P. T. Smith, 

near Weston. 
" 342. Orinoco Tobacco, grown on a clay soil, with a southern exposure, by G. 
W. Ballard. 

LINCOLN COUNTY. 
No. 343. Splint Coal, from a 5 foot seam on 9 mile creek of Guyandotte River. 
" 344. Splint Coal, from a 4 foot scam on a 4 mile creek of Guyandotte River, 
on lands of AgpinwaU tfc Low. 



10" 
1" 
6" 
10" 
10" 
10" 



10 

No. 345. Splint Coal, from the McComas Bank, 8 feet thick, on the Guyandotte 
Eiver, about 5 miles above the Falls. 

MARION COUNTY. 
No. 346. Bituminous Coal, from the " Pittsburg Seam," as worked by the Gaston 
Mine, at Fairmount. Seam is 8 to 9 feet thick. The coal is es- 
1 pecially adapted to gas. 

Coke 67.5 

Volatile Matter 32.5 

100.0 
Ash in Coal 2.1 

Sulphur in Coal 0.95 

" Coke 0.69 

" Volatile Matter 0.27 
2,240 pounds of coal has a maximum production of 11,043.2 cubic 
feet of 16 candle power. 
" 347. Bituminous Coal, from the " Redstone " seam, which in Marion County 
lies 60 to 80 feet above the " Pittsburg." From the land of R. S. 
Radcliffe. Thickness at the place whence the specimen was taken 
is 6 feet 4 inches. 

Water 1.009 

Volatile Combustible Matter 40.967 

Fixed Carbon 50.327 

Ash 7.697 



100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 4.266 per cent 

" Coke 2.863 " 

" 348. Carbonate of Iron, from an 18-inch seam, 1J miles from B. & O. R. R., 

and %\ miles from Nuzum's Mill, on the land of A. E. Garloe. 
" 349. Limestone, from a heavy stratum on the land of R. S. R idcliffe. 
" 350. Fire Brick, from Glade Fire Brick Company, Nuzum's Mills. 
" 351. Fire Clay, from Glade Fire Brick Company, Nuzum's Mills. Seam 4^ 
feet thick. These bricks are used for furnaces in all parts where 
great heat is required. Capacity of the works 4,000 bricks per day. 
" This clay is superior to that from Mount Savage, as it contains no 
trace of oxide of iron (the greatest enemy to a refractory nature in fire 
clays), while Mount Savage has 1.5 per cent." (C. E. Dwight, chemist.) 

Hygroscopic Water 0.70 

Combined Water and Organic Matter 8.35 

Silica 45.86 

Alumina 44.23 

Lime 0.24 

Magnesia 0.36 

Oxide Manganese trace. 

Oxide of Iron none. 

Potash and Soda trace. 

Loss 0.26 



100.00 
" 352. Potters' Clay, used at Palatine. From land of R. M. Hill. 
" 353. Yellow Com, \ „ ^ „ ; . 
" 354. Wheat. } ^ M- Fleming. 

" 355. Pupils' Work. Fairmount Normal School. 
" 356. " " Public Schools, Fairmount. 

MARSHALL COUNTY. 
No. 357. Corn on Stalk, 14J feet high. Grown by Wm. Gray, 3 miles southwest 
of Cameron. 



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No. 358. Wool. Bucks fleece, 18 lbs. umvashed. 1 r , , a n ? 

Wool. 9 samples of thoroughbred Amer-f &rown by & J.. Cbcteyne, 
ican Merino. J 1 oun svl e ' 

" 358 h. Wool. 5 Buck and 5 Ewe fleeces. Grown by Jno. Ingram. 
" 359. Pupils' Work, of Graded Normal School, Moundsville. 
" 360. " " " Public School, Bemvood. 

' " 361. " " " other Public Schools in the County. 

MASON COUNTY. 
No. 362. Bituminous Coal, from the "Pittsburg" seam, where worked by the 
Hartford City Coal and Salt Company. Thickness ot seam 5 to 6 feet. 

Water 3.430 

Volatile Combustible Matter 44.382 

Fixed Carbon 46?880 

Ash 5.308 

100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 1.567 per cent. 

" Coke 1.929 

" 363. Bromine, from the works of H. Lerner, Mason City. 
" 364. Model of Steamboat Hull, to give high speed at high stages of water, and 
the flatness of the bottom is to overcome shoal water. John Young, 
Mason Citv, builder. 
" 365. Photograph. "Public School, Clifton. 
" 366. Pupils' Work. " " Point Pleasant. 

MINEBAL COUNTY. 
No. 367. Semi-bituminous Coal, from the " Pittsburg seam," as worked by the 
Virginia Coal Company, near Peedmont. Seam is 14 feet thick, with 
one parting H inches thick, 4 feet from the floor. It is especially 
adapted to steam and blacksmithing. 

Top Coal. Bottom Coal. 

Volatile Matter 19.363 17.512 

Carbon 75.863 79.013 

Water 0.820 0.499 

Ash 3.954 2.976 

100.000 100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 0.713 1.133 

" Coke 0.813 1.125 

MONONGALIA COUNTY. 
No. 368 to 388. A series of specimens contributed by W. S. Willey, of Mor- 
gantown, and intended to illustrate the minerals of the Coal Measures 
in Monongalia County. The innumeration begins with the lowest and 
proceeds in regular stratagraphical order to the highest. 
" 368. Limestone from a 100' stratum (8 miles east of Morgantown), a large 
portion of which makes a lime, which in whiteness and quality is 
claimed to be scarcely inferior to the Louisville lime. This stratum 
underlies the Lower Coal Measures. 

Carbonate Lime 87.836 

Magnesia 1.101 

Iron 0.550 

Silica 9.200 

Alumin.i 0.354 

Sulphate Lime 0.125 

Phosphate " 0.016 

Water 0.473 

Loss 0.345 



100.000 



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No. 369. Carbonate of Iron from the "Martin Vein," which is 18 inches thick 
at the outcrop. 

Carbonate Iron 61.012 

Peroxide " 3.443 

Carbonate Lime 11.950 

" Magnesia 2.101 

Oxide Manganese 0.012 

Silica 15.144 

Alumina 4.482 

Phosphoric Acid 0.534 

Sulphuric " 0.367 

Water 0.642 

Loss 0.313 

100.000 

Iron 31.865 percent. 

Phosphorus... 0.233 " 

Sulphur 0.147 

" 370. Carbonate of Iron. Known as the "England Ore." Seam 18 inches 
thick. 

Carbonate of Iron 69.610 

Peroxide of Iron 1.790 

Oxide of Manganese trace. 

Silica. 20.750 

Alumina 1.231 

Carbonate of Lime 4.913 

Carbonate of Magnesia 0.210 

Phosphoric Acid. 0.710 

Sulphuric Acid 0.301 

Water 0.482 

Loss 0.003 

100.000 

Iron 34.678 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.310 

Sulphur 0.120 

" 371. Sand, supposed to be well suited for the manufacture of glass. Stratum. 
30 feet thick. 

" 372. Carbonate of Iron, known as the "Stratford Ore," 18 inches thick. 

Corbonate of Iron 39.191 

Peroxide of Iron 11.889 

Oxide of Manganese trace. 

Carbonate of Lime 26.050 

Carbonate of Magnesia 2.450 

Silica 15.553 

Alumina 2.121 

Phosphoric Acid 0.891 

Sulphuric Acid 0.421 

Water 1.020 

Loss 0.413 

100.000 

Iron 27.240 percent. 

Phosphorus 0.388 

Sulphur 0.168 



22' 

No. 373. Brcwn Haematite, known as the "Spring Hill Ore," 30 inches thick. 

Peroxide of Iron 70.490 

Prot, Oxide of Iron 0.706 

Silica 14.414 

Lime 2.278 

Magnesia 1.112 

Alumina 2.103 

Oxide Manganese 1.066 

Phosphoric Acid 0.441 

Sulphuric Acid 0.318 

Hygroscopic Water 0.648 

Combined " 6.214 

Loss 0.210 

100.000 

Iron 49.685 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.192 

Sulphur 0.127 

" 374. Fire Clay, 4 feet thick at outcrop. [Not mined. 

Silica 54.266 

Alumina 33.830 

Protoxide of Iron 0.011 

Lime trace. 

Magnesia 0.021 

Potash and Soda : trace. 

Hygroscopic Water 1 .000 

Combined Water 10.855 

Organic Matter 0.150 

100.000 
" 375. Limestone, from a 5 foot stratum. 

Carbonate of Lime 80.655 

Carbonate of Magnesia 3.921 

Carbonate of Iron 5.427 

Oxide of Manganese 0.384 

Silica 6.549 

Alumina 2.100 

Phosphate of Lime trace. 

Sulphate " " 

Water 0.654 

Loss, &c 0.310 

" 376. Carbonate of Iron. Known as the " Swisher Orei' 

Carbonate of Iron 59.680 

Peroxide of Iron 18.758 

Carbonate of Lime 5.219 

Carbonate of Magnesia 0.311 

Oxide of Manganese 1.410 

Silica 13.040 

Alumina 0.312 

Phosphoric Acid 0.368 

Sulphuric Acid 0.491 

Water 0.382 

Loss 0.029 

100.000 

Iron 41.941 percent. 

Phosphorus.... 0.160 " ^ 

Sulphur 0.196 " 



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No. 377. Bituminous Coal, from the " Upper Freeport seam," 5 feet thick. 

Water 0.632 

Volatile Combustible Matter 28.060 

Fixed Carbon 54.276 

Ash 17.032 

100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 0.772 per cent. 

" Coke..... 0.604 
" 378. Brown Haematite, from a 24-inch seam, known as the " Haines Ore." 

Per Oxide of Iron 57.705 

Prot. Oxide of Iron 1.222 

Oxide of Manganese 3.341 

Silica 18.191 

Alumina 2.103 

Carbonate of Lime 5.600 

Carbonate of Magnesia 2.104 

Phosphoric Acid 1.990 

Sulphuric Acid 0.742 

Hygroscopic Water 0.561 

Combined Water 6.241 

Loss 0.200 

100.000 

Iron 41.354 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.867 " 

Sulphur 0.296 

" 379. Carbonate of Iron, from an 18-inch seam, known as the " Scott Ore." 

Carbonate of Iron 49.810 

Peroxide of Iron 23.803 

Oxide of Manganese 2.428 

Carbonate of Lime 13.251 

Carbonate of Magnesia 3.112 

Silica 4.056 

Alumina 1.481 

Phosphoric Acid 0.630 

Sulphuric " 0.542 

Water 0.684 

Loss 0.203 ,, 

100.000 

Iron 40.708 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.274 

Sulphur 0.216 

" 380. Carbonate of Iron, from an 18-inch seam, known as the "Hastings Ore. 

Carbonate of Iron 51.674 

Peroxide of Iron 7.545 

Oxide of Manganese 0.231 

Carbonate of Lime 19.256 

Silica 15.980 

Carbonate of Magnesia 1.350 

Alumina 1.250 

Phosphoric Acid 0.694 

Sulphuric Acid 0.820 

Water 0.760 

Loss 0.440 

\ 100.000 

Iron 30.240 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.302 " 

Sulphur 0.328 



* 

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381. Freestone, for building. The browner block is from the quarry where the 

stone is got for the lock lately constructed by the United States on 
the Monongahela Elver, in this county. The smaller, or white block, 
is from the quarry from which they are constructing the dam at said 
lock. These stones are rated as most superior articles by the Gov- 
ernment Engineers in charge of the work. 

382. Carbonate of Iron, from the " Clippart Vein," 2 feet thick. 

Carbonate of Iron 62.599 

Peroxide of Iron 2.543 

Oxide Manganese 0.020 

Silica 21.620 

Alumina , 3.210 

Carbonate of Lime 8.366 

Carbonate of Magnesia 0.311 

Phosphoric Acid.... 0.410 

Sulphuric Acid 0.220 

Water 0.480 

Loss 0.221 

100.000 

Iron 32.000 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.179 " 

Sulphur 0.088 

383. Bituminous Coal, from the " Pittsburg Seam," 11 feet thick. Clear coal 

9J feet. 

Water , 0.385 

Volatile Combustible Matter 38.639 

Fixed Carbon / 54.775 

Ash (Grey) 6.201 

100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 2.544 

Sulphur in Coke 2.194 

The sulphur exists as sulphate of lime or magnesia, and not as 
pyrites. 

384. Bituminous Coal, from the " Bedstone Seam," 5 feet thick. 

Water 0.370 

Volatile Combustible Matter 37.877 

Fixed Carbon 54.358 

Ash (Grey) 7.395 

100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 2.870 

Sulphur in Coke 2.850 

The sulphur seems to be in combination with lime or magnesia, 
and not as iron pyrites. 

385. Bituminous Coal, from the " Sewickley Seam," 6 feet thick. 

Water 0.440 

Volatile Combustible Matter 35.781 

Fixed Carbon 54.309 

Ash (Grey) 9.470 

100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 3.100 

Sulphur in Coke 2.785 

The sulphur exists mainly as sulphate of lime and magnesia, and 
not as Iron pyrites. 



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No. 386. Bituminous Coal, from the " Waynesburg Seam," 5 or 6 feet thick. 

Water 0.740 

Volatile Combustible Matter 35.358 

Fixed Carbon 56.356 

Ash (Light Buff) 7.546 



100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 0.705 

Sulphur in Coke 0.846 

" 387. Limestone, selected indifferently between the last four coals. 

" 388. Cedar. 

" 389. Spruce. 

" 390. White Walnut. 

" 391. Black Walnut. 

" 392. White Oak. 

" 394* p lC 1°^' \~ Sample boards from Fairchild, Lawhead & Co., 

« 395! cZZon Locust. Morgantown, Carriage Manufacturers. 

" 396. Wild Black Cherry. 

" 397. White Ash. 

" 398. Sugar Maple. 

" 399. Linden, or Basswood. 

" 400. Chestnut. 

" 401. Curley Walnut, boards. Walter Mestrezall, Morgantown. 

" 402. Pencil Drawing of H. W. Beecher. By Perry Morris. \ Free School, 

" 402£ Pencil Drawing of E. L. Cox. By W. C. Schafer. J Morgantown. 

MONEOE COUNTY. 

No. 403. Marble. The deposit is seemingly very large, and had only been 
discovered a few days before the specimens were sent on. From the 
farm of J. Osborne, near Monroe, and 12 miles from the C. & O. E. E. 

MOEGAN COUNTY. 

No. 404. Brown Hwmatite, from vein 2J feet thick, 1J miles from B. & O. E. E. 

U. Mendenhall, Sir John's Eun. 
" 405. Brown Hwmatite, from vein 6 feet thick, 1J miles from B. & O. E. E. 

U. Mendenhall, Sir John's Eun. 
" 406. Limestone, adjoining No. 404. 

" 407. Glass Sand, " " 406, and in vast quantities. 

" 408. Pupils' Work. Public School, Sir John's Eun. 

OHIO COUNTY. 

No. 409. Bituminous Coal, from the " Pittsburg Seam," where worked by M. L. 

Hill, Wood's Eun, 4 miles from Wheeling. Seam was 7 feet 3 inches 
thick where the specimen was obtained. 

Top Coal. Bottom Coal. 

Water 1.748 1.525 

Volatile Combustible Matter 42.969 38.440 

Fixed Carbon 50.985 47.773 

Ash 4.303 12.262 



100.000 100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 2.884 3.823 

" Coke 3.061 4.880 

410. Bituminous Coal, from the " Pittsburg Seam," on the land of the Boggs 
Bun Mining Company, Wheeling. Seam is 6 feet thick, and 10 feet 
above the track of the B. & O. E. E. 



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No. 411. Carbonate of Iron, from Wheeling Hill. The seam is made up of 20 to 
22 inches of ore ; 2 feet of shale and 20 to 22 inches of ore. 

Carbonate Iron 48.788 

Lime 41.216 

Oxide Manganese 6.434 

Silica 1.310 

Alumina 0.960 

Phosphoric Acid trace. 

Sulphuric " " 

Water and Loss 0.292 



100.000 



Iron 23.55 per cent. 

412. Sandstone (building), from a 12-foot quarry on Short Creek, on the land 

of J. and M. Waddle. 

413. Sandstone (building), from a 35 to 40 foot stratum, on the land of the 

Boggs Run Mining Company, Wheeling. 

414. Whetstones. Stratum 12 feet. On the land of George Sawtall, Short 

Creek, 3 miles from the Ohio River. 

415. Limestone. Stratum 6 feet. On land of the Boggs Bun Mining Company, 

Wheeling. 

416. Limestone, used at Belmont Furnace for flux. From Willow Grove, 4 

miles from Wheeling. 

Carbonate Lime 85.954 

" Magnesia 1.381 

" Iron 0.640 

Silica 7.611 

Alumina 3.460 

Water and loss 0.954 



100.000 



417. Hydraulic Limestone, from Riley's Hill, Wheeling. Stratum 9 feet. 

A. J. Lang, Wheeling. 

Carbonate Lime 48.73 

" Magnesia 28.30 

Silica 15.35 

Alumina 5.38 

Water or Oxide Iron 2.24 

100.00 

418. Hydraulic Cement, made from No. 417. By A. J. Lang, ' 

419. Hydraulic Limestone, from a 6-foot stratum on the land of the Boggs Bun 

Mining Company, Wheeling. 

420. Limestone. Stratum 4 feet thick. On the land of Jesse Wells, 7 miles 

above Wheeling, on the river. Is used as a flux at the Jefferson Iron 
Works, near Steubenville, Ohio. 

Carbonate Lime 83.84 

" Magnesia 1.75 

Iron 1.03 

Silica 10.00 

Alumina 3.00 

Water and Loss 0.38 



100.00 



421. Hydraulic Limestone, from 0. D. Thompson's, Willow Glen Coal prop- 
erty, 4 miles from Wheeling, on the Hempfield R. R. The stratum 
is 6 feet thick, and the same as No. 417. 



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Carbonate Lime 48.30 

" Magnesia 29.51 

Iron 4.50 

Silica 12.43 

Alumina 3.94 

Water and Loss 1.32 



100.00 



No. 422. White Gourd Seed Corn, grown by J. and M. Waddle, of West Liberty, 

on hill meadow sod and sandy calcareous soil. Crop was injured 

by winds and worms, but nevertheless yielded in different parts of 

the field from 50 to 60 bushels per acre. 
" 423. Corn, grown on lime and sandy soil by G. W. Wilson, Short Creek. 

First crop from sod ground, no manure. Planted in hills 3J feet 

apart on the average. From 3 to 4 stalks in a hill. Average, 121 

bushels of shelled corn per acre. 
" 424. Tobacco, in the leaf and cigars. Manufactured by H. Seamon, Wheeling. 
" 425. Oil Painting, from nature. " Elk River, near Charleston," Kanawha 

Co. By Miss Crumbacker, of the Doddridge Music and Art School, 

Wheeling. 
" 426. Oil Painting, enlarged from photograph. " Artist's Nook," near 

Kanawha Falls, Fayette County. By Miss Reed, of the Doddridge 

Music and Art School, Wheeling. 
" 427. Oil Painting, enlarged from photograph. " Harper's Ferry," Jefferson 

County. By Miss Wallace, of the Doddridge Music and Art School. 
" 428. Oil Painting. By Miss Ella Updergraff, of Doddridge Music and Art 

School, Wheeling. 
" 429. Oil Painting, " Springtime." By Miss Mattie D. Hubbard, of the Dodd- 
ridge Music and Art School, Wheeling. 
" 430. Oil Painting, from nature, " Wheeling and Vicinity." By Miss A. M. 

Doddridge, Principal of the Doddridge Music and Art School. 

Wheeling. 
" 431. Oil Painting, "Tasayac," Yosemite Valley. By Miss A. M. Doddridge, 

Principal of the Doddridge Music and Art School, Wheeling. 
" 432. Water Color Painting, flowers. By Miss T. V. Doddridge, Principal of 

the Doddridge Music and Art School, Wheeling. 
" 433. Photographic Views. Public School Buildings, Wheeling. 



434. 


Pupils' 


Work. 


Union Public School. 


435. 


" 


a 


Washington Public School. 


436. 


a 


a 


Colored 


437. 


a 


a 


Madison " " 


438. 


a 


a 


Webster 


439. 


a 


u 


Clay 


440. 


a 


a 


Centre " " 


441. 


u 


a 


Ritchie " " 


442. 


it 


u 


Mont cle Chantal Academv. 


443. 


a 


it 


St. Joseph's " 


444. 


u 


a 


Business College. 


445. 


Catalogs 


ies. Female Seminary. 


446. 


Vocal Culture 


Mont de Chantal Academy. 


447. 


Map of 


West 


Virginia. Thos. Memminger. 



Wheeling. 



PENDLETON COUNTY. 



No. 448. Red Haematite, has never been mined, but was traced for 6 feet down 
and supposed to be deeper. It crops out in several places for miles. 
Is 36 miles from the Valley E,. R. Henry Dickinson, Franklin. 



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Peroxide of Iron 80.336 

Silica 5.722 

Alumina 7.291 

Lime 1.517 

Magnesia 0.482 

Phosphoric Acid 1.331 

Sulphuric " 1.070 

Water 1.864 

Loss 0.387 

100.000 

Iron 56.232 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.580 " 

Sulphur 0.428 

No. 449. Red Haematite, from Ore Mountain, from the land of Mrs. Deneza Dains, 
Upper Tract, and 35 miles from the Valley E. E. Deposit reported 
" to be of great thickness." 

Peroxide of Iron 80.838 

Oxide of Manganese trace. 

Lime " 

Magnesia " 

Silica 17.544 

Alumina 1.266 

Phosphoric Acid 0.026 

Sulphuric " 0.423 

Water 1.020 

101.117 

Iron 56.586 percent. 

Phosphorus 0.011 " 

Sulphur 0.169 " 

" 450. Red Haematite. Deposit reported to be 10 feet. Is 35 miles from Valley 
R. E. George Miller, Upper Tract. 

Peroxide of Iron 70.201 

Oxide of Manganese trace. 

Silica 17.361 

Alumina 3.503 

Lime 0.456 

Magnesia 1.489 

Phosphoric Acid 2.400 

Sulphuric Acid 1.345 

Water 2.754 

Loss 0.491' 

100.000 

Iron 49.137 percent. 

Phosphorus 1.046 " 

Sulphur 0.538 

" 451. Red amd Brown Haematite, mixed, a part of No. 450. 

Peroxide of Iron 50.010 

Silica 37.151 

Alumina 8.390 

Lime 0.756 

Magnesia 0.4.'!2 

Phosphoric Acid 0.080 

Sulphuric " 0.925 

Water 1.877 

Loss 0.379 



100.000 



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Iron 35.01 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.035 " 

Sulphur 0.370 " 

No. 452. Brown Haematite. Vein has never been worked, but is " supposed to be 
in very considerable quantities." Is 40 miles from the Valley R,. R. 
J. C. Boggs, Franklin. 

Peroxide of Iron 63.470 

Oxide of Manganese 3.150 

Silica 18.000 

Alumina 5.707 

Phosphoric Acid 0.300 

Sulphuric " 1.575 

Lime 0.146 

Magnesia 0.713 

Hygroscopic Water 0.432 

Combined " 6.197 

Loss 0.310 

100.000 

Iron 44.429 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.131 

Sulphur 0.730 

" 453. Brown Haematite. J. F. Johnson, Franklin. 

Peroxide of Iron 55.706 

Silica 18.110 

Alumina 13.463 

Phosphoric Acid 0.090 

Sulphuric " 2.147 

Lime 1.321 

Magnesia 0.120 

Hygroscopic Water 0.732 

Combined " 7.799 

Loss 0.512 

100.000 

Iron 38.994 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.039 " 

Sulphur 0.858 

" 454. Alum Water, from J. F. Johnson's Alum Spring, near Franklin. Is 

used by the citizens for dysentery and dyspepsia. 
" 455. Yellow Com. Yield in an ordinary season is about 60 bushels per acre. 

Grown on sandy loam by Solomon Cunningham. 
" 456. Com. Yield 70 bushels per acre. Grown on South Branch bottom 

land, a sandy loam, by J P. Dyer, Port Seybut. 
" 457. Broitghton Wheat. Yield 30 bushels per acre. Slightly manured and 

put in with drill. Grown on South Branch bottom land, clay loam, 

by W. C. Millar, Port Seybut. 
" 458. Wild Cherry, 21 inches diameter.) t i. xr t? i v 

" 459. Yellow Pine 25 " " / Hammer, Franklin. 

" 460. White Oak, 25 inches diameter. ") T ™ T , ^ ,,. 

" 461. Black Walnut, 27 inches diameter. \ J ' F ' Johnson ; Franklm - 
" 462. Locust, 18 inches diameter. Balser Hammer, Franklin. 

" 464 Wrlath Vine. } K J ' Ban ^ Port Se ^ but ' 

PLEASANTS COUNTY. 

No. 465. Sandstone (building). Quarry about 40 feet thick. B. W. Browse, 
Grape Island. 



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No. 466. Petroleum, from a 600 foot well on the bank of the Ohio River, H miles 
below St. Mary's. Pumps 3 to 4 barrels per day. W. W. Hall, 
St. Mary's. 
" 467. Brine, from French Creek, about lh miles from the Ohio River. Well 
is 600 feet deep, and was bored for oil. The brine has flowed con- 
stantly for 11 years. W. W. Hall, St. Mary's. 
" 468. Corn. Yield 50 bushels per acre. ] 

White Gourd Seed Corn. 



469. 
470. 
471. 

472. 



Yield 50 bushels per acre. I D nr r> 
(i « u u u [R- H. Browse, 

u 25 " " " Grapelsland. 



Yellow " 
Wheat. 

Flax. j 

4/3 to No. 533. Collection of 60 varieties of woods of Pleasants County, by 
R. H. Browse, Grape Island. 



Common Name. 



No. 473. White Oak 

" 474. Bed 

" 475. Black " 

". 476. Chestnut 11 

" 477. Pin 

" 478. Bur 

" 479. White Poplar 

" 480. Yellow " 

" 481. Black Walnut 

" 482. White " 

" 483. Red Hickory 

" 484. White " 

" 485. White or Silver Maple 

" 486. Sugar Maple 

" 487. Rock " 

" 488. Water " 

" 489. Common Locust 

" 490. Honey " 

" 491. Chestnut 

" 492. White Ash 

" 493. Hoop " 

" 494. Wild Cherry 

" 495. Red Birch 

" 496. Elm 

" 497. Slippery Elm 

" 498. Lynn 

" 499. Yellow Pine 

" 500. Hemlock 

" 501. Cedar 

" 502. Sycamore 

" 503. Fetid Buckeye 

" 504. Iron Wood 

" 505. Black or Sour Gum 

" 506. Beech 

" 507. Water Beech or Hornbeam. 

" 508. White Willow 

" 509. Yellow " 

" 510. Black " 

" 511. Box Elder 

" 512. Aspen 

" 513. Mulberry 

" 514. Persimmon 

" 515. Cucumber 



Botanical Name. 



Quercus Alba. 
Rubra. 

" Tinctoria. 

" Prinus. 

" • Palustris. 

" Macrocarpa. 
Liriodendron Tulipifera. 

Juglans Nigra. 

" Cinerea. 
Carya Porcina. 

" Tomentosa. 
Acer Dasycorpum. 
Acer Saccharinum. 

It u 

" Rubrum. 
Robinia Pseudacacia. 
Gleditschia Triacanthos. 
Castania ^ 7 esca. 
Fraxinus Americanus. 
" Sambucifolia. 

Prunus Serotina. 
Betula Nigra. 
Ulmus Americana. 

' ^ Fulya. 
Tilia Americana. 
Pinus Mitis. 
Abies Canadensis. 
Juniperus Yirginiana. 
Platanus Occidentalis. 
Aesculus Glabra. 
Ostrya Yirginica. 
Nyssa Multiflora. 
Fagus Ferruginea. 
Carpinu8 Americana. 
Salix Alba. 

" Viminilis. 

" Nigra. 
Negundo Aceroides. 
Populus Trenmloides. 
Morns Rubra. 
Diospyra Virginiana. 
Magnolia Acuminata. 



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Common Name. 


Botanical Name. 


No. 516. Cottonwood 

" 517. Sassafras 


Populus Heterophylla. 
Sassafras Officinale. 


" 518. Bed Bud 

" 519. Sumac 


Cercis Canadensis. 
Rhus Typhina. 
Asimina Triloba. 


" 520. Pa-paw 


" 521. Wild Plum 


Prunus Americana. 


" 522. Red Haw 


Crataegus Coccinea. 
Viburnum Prunifolium. 


" 523. Black " 


" 524. Service 


Amelanchier Canadensis. 


" 525. Dogwood 


Cornus Florida. 


" 526. Wild Gh^ape 


Vitis. 


" 527. Spice Wood 


Lindera Benzoin. 


" 528. Witch Hazel 


Hamamelis Virginica. 


" 529. Alder 


Alnus Serrulata. 


" 530. Laurel 


Kalmia Latifolia. 


" 531. Elder 


Sambucus Canadensis. 


" 532. Coffee Tree 


Gymnocladus Canadensis. 





PRESTON COUNTY. 

" 533. Bituminous Coal from the Austin Mine. The seam is 8 to 9 feet, but is 
divided by partings, and it is only the lower 4 to 5 feet of solid coal that 
is worked at present, though if mined on an extensive scale the whole 
could be utilized. It makes a clear, even, silvery coke sufficient to 
bear the heaviest burden of the blast furnace. 

Water 0.115 

Volatile Combustible Matter 31.117 

Fixed Carbon 66.289 

Ash (buff) 2.479 

100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 0.639 per cent. 

Coke 0.644 " '* 

" 534. Coke from the Austin Mine coal. Is now being used at the Belmont 
Blast Furnace, Wheeling, and gives general satisfaction. 

Water 0.542 

Carbon..... 87.550 

Sulphur 0.653 

Ash (light straw) 11.255 

100,000 
" 535. Carbonate of Iron from the land of the Kingwood Gas, Coal and Iron 
Company, Tunnellton. The seam will average nearly 2 feet. It 
crops out in many places on the company's land, and has been traced 
for several miles. 
" 536. and 537. Outcrop Coal from the upper and lower portion of a 4J foot 
seam that lies about 40 feet above No. 198, on the land of the King- 
wood Gas, Coal and Iron Company. 

Upper Coal. Lower Coal. 

Water 0.342 0.510 

Volatile Combustible Matter.. 31.469 31.190 

Fixed Carbon 65.662 66.134 

Ash. 2.527 2.166 

100.000 100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 0.576 0.607 

Coke 0.577 0.533 

Both make a hard, bright coke. 



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No. 538. Fire Clay, about 150 feet above Nos. 536 and 537, and from the same 
company's land. The outcrop varies- from 20 to 36 inches. It is an 
excellent clay for refractory bricks. 

Silica 68.164 

Alumna 24.113 

Peroxide of Iron 0.006 

Lime trace. 

Magnesia " 

Potash and Soda " 

Hygroscopic Water 0.855 

Combined 6.662 

Organic Matter and Loss 0.200 

100.000 
PUTNAM COUNTY. 

" 539. Bituminous Coal from the Pittsburgh seam where worked by the Ray- 
mond Coal Company. Especially adapted to steam and domestic use. 
Seam is 5 to 11 feet thick, with a general average of about 6 feet 2 
inches. 

Carbon 60 

Volatile Matter 33 

Ash 6 

99 

" 540. Bituminous Coal from the " Pittsburgh seam" on Guano Creek, on land of 
Jas. L. M'Bean. Thickness 6 feet 4 inches. 

" 541. Carbonate of Iron from the same land as the last specimen. Seam re- 
ported to be 6 feet thick. 

" 542. Brown Haematite, from a reported 30-inch seam on the 1,600 acres'of R. 
T. Harvey, two miles from the Great Kanawha River. 
543. Barrel Staves, in the rough. For the home market being used for Whisky, 
Oil, and Molasses Barrels. Contributed by Ball & Callaway, Hurri- 
cane Depot. 

" 544. Hogshead Staves, in the rough. For exporting to the West Indies and the 
sugar countries of the Mediterranean being used in the manufacture 
of Sugar and Molasses Hogsheads. Contributed by Ball & Callaway. 

" 546. Bipe Staves, in the rough. For exporting to France, where they are 
used in wine storage. Ball & Callaway. 

" 547. Extra Heavy Eagle Bipe Staves, in the rough. For exporting to France 
to be used in the manufacture of wine presses. By Ball & Callaway. 

a caq jT- i u u ' ! Contributed by Ball & Callaway, Hurricane 

« 550.* Bircr « « J De P ot - 

RALEIGH COUNTY. 

No. 551. Bituminous Coal, from J. R. Millegan's mine. Seam 6J feet. Gen. A. 



a 



552. Bituminous Coal, from a 6-foot seam on the land of G. H. Prince. 

Water 0.327 

Volatile Combustible Matter 19.188 

Fixed Carbon 75.823 

Ash 4.732 

100.000 

Sulphur in Coal 0.854 per cent. 

" Coke 1.061 

553. Brown Hozmatite, from the land of Wm. McCreery, 7 miles from the C. 

& O. R. R. Sample is from the outcrop of a 3-foot seam. 



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Peroxide of Iron 79.350 

Silica 3.599 

Alumina 1 .593 

Phosphoric Acid 1.880 

Sulphuric " 0.895 

Lime 0.821 

Magnesia 0.034 

Hygroscopic Water 1.734 

Combined " 9.507 

Organic Matter and loss 0.589 

100.000 

Iron 55.545 percent. 

Phosphorus 0.819 " 

Sulphur 0.358 

No. 554. Mill Stone Rock, from Table Rock, where it is in great abundance, and 
can be gotten out in any size. It is six miles from Papaw, on C. & 
O. E. R. Jas.Seatt. 
" 555. Yellow Pine, section. 1 

" 556. White Oak, " I n 4 c ,, ^ , . , n ' „ 

" 557. Black Walnut, " 0en - A ' Beckle ^ Ealei ^ h Court House ' 

" 558. Maple, " J 

" 559. Poplar, " J. C. Williams, Pittsburgh. 

" 560. Yellow Pine, (section.) \ w MoCrejPr . ! . i_ nrk 

" 561. Water Oak, (Quercus Aquatica.) / ^wi- ^O eery & lands. 
" 562. Curley Maple, board. ] 

" 562^ Chestnut, " [ Wm. Prince, Court House. 

" 5621 Black Walnut, " J 

EITCHIE COUNTY. 
No. 563. Ritchie Mineral (mines now worked out), D. McGregor, Cairo. 
" 564. Natural Lubricating Oil, from a well of D. McGregor, one-half mile 
south of Volcano. Depth of well, 883 feet. Yield, 5 barrels of oil 
and 1,000 to 1,500 barrels of water per day. 
" 565. Yellow Corn. Yield, 90 bushels per acre. From farm of T. M. Harris. 

SUMMERS COUNTY. 

No. 566. Hydraulic Limestone. New Richmond, on C. & O. R. R. The cement 
from this was used in masonry on the road. M. Gwinn. 

TAYLOR COUNTY. 
No. 567. Bituminous Coal, from the "Pittsburgh seam," on the land of J. H. 
Barnes, where it is 8 feet thick. 
" 568. Cannel Coal, reported 4 to 5 feet thick on the land of Sam. Carrothers, 

Irontown. Below it is a 2-foot vein of bituminous coal. 
" 569. Carbonate of Iron, from a steep hill on Lost Run, two miles from its 
mouth, and facing John Riley's house. There are three strata, each 
eight inches thick in eight feet of rotten slate and shale, under which, 
in a blue clay, are lumps of Carbonate of Iron of three to fifteen 
pounds weight. A. Armstrong, Pruntytown. 

Carbonate of Iron 33.141 

Peroxide " " 33.100 

Binoxide of Manganese 0.256 

Silica 7.533 

Alumina 4.978 

Carbonate of Lime 12.495 

Carbonate of Magnesia 3.214 

Phosphoric Acid 0.536 

Sulphuric " 1.050 

Water 3.547 

0.150 

100.000 



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Iron 39.100 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.234 " " 

Sulphur 0.420 " " 

No. 570 Carbonate of Iron, formerly worked at the mouth of Lost Eun, and from 
the character of the samples seems to be the same seam as No. 569. 
A. Armstrong, Pruntytown. 

Carbonate of Iron.! 24.576 

Peroxide " " 34.443 

Binoxide of Manganese trace. 

Silica 16.260 

Alumina 2.982 

Carbonate of Lime 13.913 

" " Magnesia 3.478 

Phosphoric Acid 0.477 

Sulphuric " 1.201 

Water 2.080 

0.593 



100.000 

Iron 35.983 per cent. 

Phosphorus 0.207 " " 

Sulphur 0.480 " " 

571. Carbonate of Iron, from Plummer's Eun. Eeported to be in workable 

quantities. A. Armstrong, Pruntytown. 

572. Carbonate of Iron, from the Lancaster Furnace and Mining Company, at 

Irontown, on B. & O. E. E. 

Carbonate of Iron 31.34 

Peroxide of Iron 33.98 

Carbonate of Lime 16.52 

" Magnesia 5.28 

Phosphoric Acid 0.68 

Sulphuric " 0.13 

Silica. , 9.36 

Alumina 1.31 

Water and Loss 1.40 



100.00 

Iron 38.910 

Phosphorus 0.296 

Sulphur 0.052 

573. Sandstone (building), from a quarry at Fetterman, 300 yards from B. & 

O. E. E. A. Armstrong, Pruntytown. 

574. Sandstone ( building ), from a quarry near the Court House. Gabriel Lanham. 

575. Limestone, near the Court House. Zadock Lanham. 

576. Limestone, near the Court House. Gabriel Lanham. 

577. Fire Clay, reported 6 to 7 feet thick on the land of Sam Corrothers, Iron- 

town. 

578. White Corn. 



579. Wheat. / John S ' Williams ' 

58v,. Wheat. John Riley. 

581. Beans. G. W. Sinclair. 

582. Poplar, 5 feet diameter. 

583. Oak, 4 " 

584. Sugar Maple, 3 " 

585. Locust, 2 " 

586. Hickory, block. 

587. White Oak, " 

588. Hickory, " 

589. Poplar, " 

590. Sugar Maple " 



A. Armstrong, Pruntytown. 



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No 


.591 


a 


592 


a 


593 


a 


594. 


a 


595 


a 


596. 


a 


597. 


a 


598. 


a 


599. 


a 


600 



TYLER COUNTY. 

Tobacco. Grown by T. J. Staley. 
Tobacco. Yield, 1,000 pounds per acre. ] 
Pignut Hickory. 
Shellbark " 
Chinquapin Oak. 

Wild Crab Apple (Pinus Coronaria), 
Black Haw. 

Speckled Alder (Alnus Serrulata). 
Hawthorn (Crataegus Crus-galli). 
Witch Hazel. 



D. D. Johnson, Long Reach. 



No. 601. Put 



Work. 



UPSHUR 

Public School, 



J 

COUNTY. 
Buckhannon. 



WAYNE COUNTY. 

No. 602. Cannel Coal, from a 5^-foot seam, on land of Aspinwall & Loiv, on Laurel 
Fork of Hezekiah Creek of Twelve Pole River. 
" 602J Bituminous Coal, from the outcrop of a 5 } to 6-foot seam, on the land of 
Walter Osborn, at the mouth of Camp Creek of the Left Hank Fork 
of Twelve Pole River. 

Fixed Carbon 48.72 

Volatile Combustible Matter 40.43 

Ash 8.55 

Water 2.30 



603. 



604. 



100.00 

Sulphur in Coal 0.76 

" Coke 0.85 

Bituminous Coal, from a 7^-foot seam, on Twelve Pole River, on the 

land of Wayne Ferguson. 
Cannel Coal, from Moses Fork of Twelve Pole River, 4 miles from the 
Lug Fork of Big Sandy River. Seam is 4' 4". On the land of 
Wayne Ferguson, Cassville. 
605. Coal, from the " Peach Orchard " Seam, 6 feet 
thick. The specimen came from the Ken- 
tucky side of Big Sandy River, but the same 
seam is found in Wayne Countv. 

Water 5.00 

Volatile Combustible Matter 33.60 

Fixed Carbon 58.55 

Ash (white) 2.85 



606. 



607. 



100.00 
Coal, from the " Chestnut Seam," 8 feet thick, 

from the same land as No. 605, and 200 feet 

above it. 
Black Band Iron Ore, from a seam 30 inches 

thick, on the same land as No. 605. 

Protoxide of Iron 34.07 

Peroxide " " 2.31 

Lime 7.31 

Magnesia 6.30 

Carbonic Acid 37.40 

Phosphoric " 0.17 

Sulphur 0.34 

Organic Matter 6.45 

Insoluble " 3.34 

Water 2.30 



From the land of the 
Great Western 
Mining and Manu- 
facturing Company, 
Peach Orchard, 
Kentucky. Geo. 
S. Richardson, 
(agent). 



" 608. Roasted Ore, from the above. 



99.99 J 



From the land of W. 
F. Peterson, 8 miles 



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WETZEL COUNTY. 

No. 609. Poplar, 4 feet 4 inches in diameter. It measured 

6 feet 1 inch across the stump. The section 

was cut 23 feet from the ground. 
" 610. White Oak, 3 \ feet diameter. from Littleton 

" 611. Hickory, 3A " " This tree was 87 Depot, B. & O. 

feet to the first limb, where it was 2 feet 1 | B. B. 

inch in diameter. J 

" 612. Black Walnut, 3 feet 9 inches in diameter. From land of Henry Kyle, 

Fishing Creek. 

WIET COUNTY. 

No. 613. Potters' Clay, from a 10-foot deposit. N. A. Pickering, Newark. 
" 614. Heavy Oil, from the Hale Well. Messrs. Hale & Porter. 
" 615. Petroleum, from Oil Bock. C. Dulin (agent). 

" 616. Yellow Oil, from the Parmenter Well. Has never been sent on the 
market, but is used medicinally by the citizens. E. W. Hall, Eliza- 
beth. 
" 617. Corn. Lewis Sheppard. 
" 618. Photograph. High School, Elizabeth. 
" 619. " Graded " Burning Springs. 

WOOD COUNTY. 

No. 620. Bituminous Coal. Seam 4J feet thick. From Volcano Oil and Coal Com- 
pany. 
" 621. Iron Ore, said to contain 45 per cent, of Iron. The ] From land of H 
bed is 8 feet thick of clay, with 13 layers of ore. j- & L. Muench- 
" 622. Potters' Clay. Stratum, 6 feet thick. ) meyer, Lubeck. 

" 623. Ten Crocks, Jugs, &c. ) Made by A. P. 

" 624. Potters' Clay. Deposit is 10 feet thick, of which about > Ponaghho, Par- 

6 feet is used in the Manufacture of No. 623. j kersburg. 

" 624^. Mineral Water, from the Parkersburg Mineral Wells. Contributed by 
Joe E. Simpson. This water has proven itself to be of great efficacy 
in dyspepsia, dropsy, afflictions of the liver, and diseases generally of 
the alimentary canal and abdominal viscera. One quart contains : 

Carbonic Acid 16 cubic inches. 

Sulphate of Magnesia 10 grains. 

" Soda 24 " 

" Iron 4 " 

Chloride of Lime 41 " 

Carbonate of Soda 4 " 

Iodine trace. 

625 to 635. Ten Specimens of Lubricating and. Refining Oik, from Volcano. 
Contributed by E. W. Sharp and Dr. W. H. Staples. 

625. Natural Lubricating Oil of 27° gravity Baume at 60° temperature. 
Used on locomotives, rolling mills, &c, or anywhere that great heat 
and exposure to the elements are to be provided against. 

626. Natural Lubricating Oil of 28° gravity Baume at 60° temperature. Used 
on large stationary engines, steamships, steam sawmills, &c, &c. 

627. Natural Lubricating Oil of 29° gravity Baume at 60 temperature. Used 
in planing mills and other machinery of high speed and heavy 
bearings. 

628. Natural Lubricating Oil of 30° gravity Baume at 60° temperature. Used 
on car journals, steamboats, and heavy factory machinery. 

629. Natural Lubricating Oil of 31° gravity Baume at 60° temperature. Used 
on small engines, mowing, &c, machines and wood-working ma- 
chinery. 



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No. 630. Natural Lubricating Oil of 32° gravity Baume at 60° temperature. Used 
in factory and other machinery of high speed and light bearings. 
" 631. Natural Oil of 33° gravity Baume at 60° temperature. Used for mix- 
ing with oils of light gravity for refining. 
" 632. Natural Oil of 34° gravity Baume at 60° temperature. Used for mix- 
ing with oil of light gravity for refining. 
" 633. Natural Oil of 35° gravity Baume at 60° temperature. Used for mixing 

with oil of light gravity for refining. 
" 634. Natural Oil of 40° gravity Baume at 60° temperature. Used for man- 
ufacturing illuminating oil. 
Crude Petroleum 29° gravity 



a 


635 


a 


636 


a 


637 


ti 


638. 


a 


639. 


n 


640. 


a 


641 


it 


642. 


a 


643. 


a 


644. 


it 


645. 


ti 


646. 


ti 


647. 


a 


648. 


tt 


649. 


a 


650. 



30 c 
31 c 
32 c 
35 c 



Camden Consolidated Oil Company, Par- 
kersbura:. 



Camden Consolidated 
Oil Company, Par- 
kersbum. 



" 651. 



" 652. 



" 653. 

" 654. 

" 655. 

No. 656. 

' 657. 

' 658. 

1 659. 

' 660. 

< 661. 

' 662. 

1 663. 

' 664. 

' 665. 

' 666. 

' 667. 

' 668. 

' 669. 

' 670. 



Contributed by H. 
& L. Muench- 
meyer, Subreck 
P. O., by whom 
the wines were 
gr own and 
made. 



40° " J 

Refined Petroleum-, 29° gravity, 400° fire test ] 
a 30 o a 400 o a 

" Standard 110° " 

130° " 

150° " 

" Water White 110° " 

" Headlight Oil, 175° " 

Virginia Seedling. Vintage 1874. Fermented on 

the skins. 
Virginia Seedling and Concord. Vintage 1874. 

The Seedling fermented on the skins. 
Sweet Virginia Seedling. Vintage 1874. Not fer- 
mented on the skins and made by boiling down 
the juice. 
Union Wine A. Vintage 1874. A mixture of 
Virginia Seedling, Concord and North Musca- 
tine. 
Union Wine B. Vintage 1873. A mixture of 
Virginia Seedling, Clinton and Ives. All these 
wines are of the pure juice of the grape. 
Concord Wine. \ 

Muscatine Wine. V Jno. S. Eschbacher & Son, Walker's Station. 

Virginia Seedling Wine, j 

UNKNOWN COUNTIES. 

Locust. 

Sumac. 

Beech. 

Hemlock. 

Locust. 

Hickory. 

Lynn. 

Logwood. 

Papaw. 

Ash. 

Black Oak. 

Text Books, used in Free Schools of West Virginia. 

White Walnut. 

Hickory. 

Sour Gum. 

STATE OF VIKGINIA. 



No. 671. Brown Haematite, reported to be in "enormous quantities," on 100 acres 
of J. J. Stack, 5 miles from Callahan's Depot, C. & O. R. E., Alle- 
ghany County. 



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No. 672. Mineral Water, from the Sweet Chalybeate Spring, Alleghany County. 
This is one of the noted medicinal waters of Virginia. 100 cubic 
inches contains : 

Sulphate of Lime 14.233 grains. 

" " Magnesia 3.107 

" Soda 1.400 

Carbonate of Lime 1.166 

Chloride of Soda 0.037 

" " Magnesia 0.680 

" Lime 0.010 

Peroxide of Iron 0.320 

Organic Matter small quantity. 

Iodine mere trace. 

Volume of each of the gases contained in a free state in 100 cubic 
inches of water. 

Carbonic Acid 46.10 cubic inches. 

Nitrogen 2.57 " 

Oxygen 0.20 

Sulphuretted Hydrogen a trace. 

" 673. "Green Oxide of Copper." ~] 

" 674. White Iron Pyrites. 

" 675. Copper Pyrites. 

" 676. Granular Iron Pyrites. 



Copper Mine, Louisa County. 



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Hon. JOHN J.. JACOBS, 

(Booernor State of JBest Virginia. 

Hon. a. r. boteler, 

Ignited States Sommissioner, and jfllem&er of tne Sxecutioe lommittee. 

HON. A. J. SWEENEY, 

United States dommissioner, and president State Sommission. 



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DR. J. P. HALE, 

C. H. BEALL, 

G. W. FRANZHEIM, 

0. C. DEWEY, 

Secretary of State ifoard. 



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